Hiragana Page 19 た ta

CHAPTER 4: The 'T' line has a few that aren't "regular" - so be careful

HOW TO WRITE IT

ROMAJI - ta
SOUND - [as in TOddler]

MEMORY: It looks like a TOddler reaching for a toy

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?

- This means 'down' or 'below'

- This means 'octopus'

- This means 'cell phone '

- This means 'song'

Try saying "ta chi tsu te to" 5 times fast

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Romaji for texting people?

Submitted by Julchen Drocell on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 08:12.

Romaji is availible on most Iphones as a Japanese language. But I've still no idea how to use it.

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Taco?

Submitted by ろす on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 01:16.

It looks like a guy eating a TAco た　

words

Submitted by xixani on Thu, 10/14/2010 - 22:31.

why is google translating song like 歌?

is it hiragana or katakana?

歌 is neither, i believe its

Submitted by ろす on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 01:11.

歌 is neither, i believe its kanji, and stands for one word.

That's correct. It's the

Submitted by phreadom on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 04:01.

That's correct. It's the kanji for "song". Written in hiragana it would be うた.

Please read the first section of the Getting Started guide on "What is Japanese?" for an explanation of the differences between the kanji and kana. :)

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so, does is it like the

Submitted by Lalage Leon on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:13.

so, does is it like the following(the romaji not the sounds)
shita
tako
keitai
uta??
Thank you

Yes, those are the correct

Submitted by phreadom on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:51.

Yes, those are the correct romaji for the kana examples above. :)

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muahaha

Submitted by MiddayDelusion on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 04:39.

I'm so glad my birth language is almost the same as japanese in pronunciation and I don't have to worry about that :P It's really easy for me. (I'm so evil xD)

would Octopus (tako) sound

Submitted by jaeluver on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 12:01.

would Octopus (tako) sound like taco in spanish?

I believe it's perfect the way they have it.

Submitted by straughn21 on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 16:00.

How does it sound like "TA"p? It makes a long "a" sound, like in the example they give. Just saying.

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Accents possibly causing trouble.

Submitted by phreadom on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 21:26.

I think we might be having issues with people's accents... like US vs UK vs Australian etc.

It's a short "a" sound... like in "father" etc... not like in "tap" or "tape". It's best to listen to the audio examples and get an idea from those.

http://thejapanesepage.com/hiragana

You can play the a-i-u-e-o sound in the top section, or click on the "a" sound in the bottom section there for more examples.

(similar to the "ka" sound, which is like "cop", not "cat"...)

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How can you memo all of those

Submitted by Seran on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 05:36.

How can you memo all of those hiragana characters? What do I need to do to not to forget them? Because I always forget what those characters mean and I have to go back and study those hiragana characters again :(

Generally just try to use

Submitted by phreadom on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 07:29.

Generally just try to use what you've learned. :) Any time you see written Japanese, try to sound it out. :) Even if you can't read the kanji parts yet, just try sounding out the parts you do know.

You can also try writing in Japanese in the chat etc... or try basic sentences like "わたしはセランです。よろしくおねがいします。"

Practice makes perfect and helps really lock it into your brain. :)

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